Yeah, I noticed when I was trying out some Bride seats at the D1 event here in SoCal that a few didn't fit me so well. What are the specs of that seat you have that fits you well? I'll try and see if anyone else makes an equivalent sized seat. Also...how tall are you?

 

Here you go: http://www.mantissaracing.com/Mantis...ce%20seat.htm.

The width is the 17" and gthere's plenty of headroom for me (5'11"). I've a 35 inch waist and 49 inch chest, so it should fit a fairly beefy person.

Hope this illustrates how nice the seats fit. I can take some more if you need them.

Gene

 

The link doesn't work, but I found the photos on your site.

Do you think you could squeeze a door bar for the cage past the seat?

Seat Pics

 

The question is...do you have plenty of headroom (atleast 2") with a helmet on??? I saw atleast 2" because that's how much closer my head would be to the roof than yours

 

Yes, I've about 2" of headroom with the helmet. Much better than the stock seat.

Gene

 

Thanks for the info Gene.

The thing is, I'm not quite as stocky as you are, so I would require a 16" seat.

I wonder if the mount point spacing is the same on the 16" and 17" seats?

That way, I wouldn't have to do a custom seat rail, as was done in the install I test-fitted.

I'll be getting a 17" seat for the passenger/instructor side, though, since one can't really pick your instructor all the time.

Tyson - yes, you can, I've seen it done, but it was a custom cage.

 

I have the NEW(modern look) Kirkey road race intermediate, I like it very much, It has the looks of the expensive Sparcos etc, but like you said is alot less money, I bought mine for ~450 from IO Port complete. I used the Sparco universal double locking (45.00)FIA sliders. It does lack good lumbar support, but that is just a matter of a little closed cell foam properly placed under the cover.
It did require some fabrication to mount the sliders to the seat, but it is in my FC, It accomodates a 5'3"(wife), 5'9", and a 6'1" driver without modding the Tranny tunnel, or cutting the original mounting points out of the car, and our helmets clear my Kirk cage(not by much).
Most people have not been able to clear the cage, and the tunnel, let alone accomadate the range of drivers we have(without doing Pauls mods), so be careful, but in the FC it was a great choice for me. Carl Byck

 

Ashraf,

As an occasional instructor who isn't tiny, thank you

LOL

PaulC

 

So what was the verdict on the Forza's? You can get them to fit if you fab a bracket for them and lose the sliding capability? If you use the Corbeau sliders you will break your door panel eventually? These are the seats that I was going to go with. I don't particularly care about the sliding of the seat. I am the only driver of my car and my passengers always leave the seat where it is, all the way back.

 

I discussed the issue of the Forzas not fitting and they claim they have a guy who works there has them with no fitment issues with the brackets. I told them good for him, but they don't fit in my car. They are sending me a Clubman to replace it. I should have it next week. I'll give an update then.

 

I was looking at Sparco. Anyone know if they Sprint fits in the fd? I guess it would be more of an install because they don't make brackets for our car. I think I may just go with the Corbeau Clubman. I know it will fit since it doesn't have wingy things and they make a bracket for them. almost99: did you get your Clubman's yet?

 

Not yet. They apparently didn't ship until last Wednesday. Hope to have them by the weekend.

Mark

 

Does anyone know of a shop in the San Francisco Bay area where I can try sitting in some of these seats?
Thanks!
john

 

Frey Racing in Fremont, Warm Springs Blvd at Mission Blvd.

PaulC

 

Thanks

 

What do you guys think of the Sparco Roadsters? Surely they must fit ok?

 

I installed the clubman and still had a little rubbing on the lower part of the door and my right leg was pushed against the wheel more than normal. I took the seat out and realized there was a second set of holes on the base that the sliders could bolt to that would allow the seat to sit closer to the center of the car. The base was originally bolted to the sliders when it was shipped to me. It was also labeled "driver". My guess is that Corbeau assembled the bracket set as if it was for a passenger side by mistake. This may make the original Forza seat that I ordered fit, but it was exchanged for the clubman. The clubman no longer interfered with the door, and my right leg had a lot less pressure on the wheel after reassembling the sliders to the base in the correct position.

Anyhow, the clubman did give extra headroom due to the more reclined angle of the back. However it was not enough headroom for me until I removed the velcro seat pad. When I removed it, my shoulders were being pressured by the sides of the seat since the clubman doesn't have the wings, so I'm going to return it. This seat might work if your under 6' 3" and you don't remove the seat pad. Also, the clubman doesn't come with the same certifications that the forza did. Corbeau did not mentioned this to me when the offered this as an alternative.

Mark

 

I saw Damian's new cym track car he bought from Foko. It has sparco Evo I seats in it . He,( Foko) said they bolted to the stock sliders and he had to fab a bracket for sparco's side mounting plate. He said there is a little rubbing but angleing the seat relieved most of the problems. There is a thread in the third gen section about his new car.( Damian's) Aloha , dave

 

thats what i'm rockin now:

http://209.177.55.37/images/rx7/index.htm

1 point for bringing thread back from the dead.

 

Sparco roadsters aren't going to hold you in the car any better than R1 seats.

I've got a Sparco EVO in the car now, wirth a Mitch Piper custom rail It's welded up from a generic Sparco slider and Sparco side mounts.

One important note. Mitch pulled the cover off, and shaved the outer wing (more like just hollowed out the backside) a bit to clear the door. The cover goes back on and still fits... looks like it was made that way. The seat fits and even has just enough room for the seat belt recepticle.

 

they are better than my leather touring seats, and with the bottom cushions removed, i gained 2 inches of much needed headroom. that was the main reason i did the swap.

 

Someone just PM'd me regarding the fitment of my Recaros. I had an SPG Pro Racer in my FD. It was a tight squeeze, but they fit. I bought the rails second hand and the only info I could get from the seller was that they're "JDM Super Low."

Pete